Person
Lyons, Lawrence Ernest (1922 - 2010)
- Born
- 26 May 1922
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 14 October 2010
- Occupation
- Chemist
Summary
Lawrence Ernest Lyons was appointed Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland after his retirement in 1987. He had been Professor of Physical Chemistry at the university since 1963 and Head of the Department of Chemistry from 1970 to 1973. The driving force behind his years of research was to a produce cheap alternative to the silicon solar cell.
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Chronology
- 1943
- Education - BSc, University of Sydney
- 1944 - 1945
- Career position - Served with the Royal Australian Air Force
- 1945 - 1963
- Career position - Lecturer (later Senior Lecturer), University of Sydney
- 1948
- Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1948
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1952
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of London
- 1957
- Career position - Research Fellow, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- 1957
- Award - Fulbright Scholarship
- 1962 - 1987
- Career position - Member, Standing Committee on Spectroscopy, Australian Academy of Science
- 1963 - 1987
- Career position - Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Queensland
- 1964
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of London
- 1966
- Career position - President of the Chemistry section of ANZAAS (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science)
- 1966
- Award - Archibald Liversidge Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1967
- Career position - Visiting Professor at the University of British Columbia, USA
- 1967 - 1977
- Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Chemical physics letters
- 1968
- Award - H.G. Smith Memorial Medal received from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1968
- Award - Walter Burfitt Prize received from the Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1970
- Award - Leverhulme Senior Fellow, University of Tokyo
- 1970 - 1973
- Career position - Head of Chemistry at the University of Queensland
- 1971 - 2010
- Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1979 - 1982
- Career position - Member, Standing Committee of Professorial Board, University of Queensland
- 1980
- Career position - Founder, Brisbane Surface Analysis Facility
- 1987
- Life event - Retired
- 1987 - 2010
- Career position - Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland
Related entries
Published resources
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q66738086. Details
- 'Lyons, L E (1922-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-625903. Details
Resource Sections
- White, John, 'Interview with Professor Lawrence Lyons', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2008, http://science.org.au/scientists/interviews/l/ll.html. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 15 February 2006, Last modified: 15 November 2016